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    The surname Lipton

    A place surname, carried by 2,361 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L135

    Lipton: #13,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lipton #13,002, 2,361 people Lipton: #13,002 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lipton #13,002, 2,361 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lipton is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    The surname is from the place name.

    Lipton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,361 people named Lipton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,769 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,481.

    #13,002
    rank among US surnames
    2,361
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #11,605)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,994Beringer2,363130,658
    #12,999Diggins2,362130,714
    #13,002Jellison2,361130,769
    #13,007Urrea2,360130,824
    #13,010Stetler2,359130,880

    Who is named Lipton

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Lipton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Liptons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peggy Lipton
      American actress and singer (1946-2019)
    • Peter Lipton
      American philosopher (1954–2007)
    • Bruce Lipton
      American developmental biologist, born 1944

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Lipton

    Lipton has the Soundex code L135, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L135.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lipton come from?
    The surname is from the place name.
    How common is the surname Lipton?
    2,361 people in the United States had the surname Lipton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,769 Americans. It ranked 13,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lipton?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Lipton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Lipton?
    Peggy Lipton, American actress and singer (1946-2019), followed by Peter Lipton.
    Where is the surname Lipton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lipton in the United States.
    What type of surname is Lipton?
    Lipton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Lipton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,481 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,361 in 2010, down 4.8%.